December 13th, 2023 — Why is getting it right in the first 1,000 days of life critical for individuals, communities, and nations, and what does the science tell us? Neil Boothby, the founding director of the Global Center for the Development of the Whole Child (GC-DWC), answers these questions in a...

As we look ahead to 2023, the Institute for Educational Initiatives asked center directors what they feel are the most pressing issues facing education. Neil Boothby, Director of the Global Center for the Development of the Whole Child, discussed out-of-school children as a major obstacle facing...

Addressing global poverty is no small task. Just a quick look at the numbers can be quite daunting: according to the United Nations in 2015, 736 million people lived below the international poverty line (U.S. $1.90 a day). Globally, in 2018, nearly 8% of workers and their families lived on less than...

The University of Notre Dame’s Global Center for the Development of the Whole Child (GC-DWC) has launched its newest initiative aimed at fostering locally-led, sustainable development projects. The GC-DWC’s Social Enterprise Initiative (SEI) integrates market forces, sound business principles, and...

The Institute for Educational Initiatives’ ACE Haiti program, a project dedicated to improving the lives of Haitian children, families, and communities through cutting-edge research and implementation of early childhood, literacy, and community development interventions, has joined the Institute’s...

Last week , we looked at an article from Dr. TJ D’Agostino, Dr. Nikhit D’Sa, and Dr. Neil Boothby on the role of local faith communities (LFCs) in supporting child development and learning. The authors’ scoping study “ What’s faith got to do with it? ” revealed that while many international actors...

The following blog pulls from a study published by Dr. TJ D’Agostino, Dr. Nikhit D’sa, and Dr. Neil Boothby in The International Journal of Educational Development . “What’s faith got to do with it? A scoping study on local faith communities supporting child development and learning” explores the...